Some 5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated in Armenia in the first eight months of 2019, down 5% from the same months of 2018, the National Statistical Committee revealed.
According to the latest figures, electricity generation at thermal power plants dropped by 10% to 1 billion 994.2 million kilowatt-hours in January-August. Some 17.9 thousand gigajoules of thermal energy were produced in the country in eight months, a decrease of 30.9% from 2018.
Meanwhile, power generation at hydropower plants increased by 6.7% to 1 billion 798.7 million kWh in the reporting period.
In January-...
